This includes named species, as well as species known from specimens
or living cultures in curated scientific collections, but not formally named.

The IT infrastructure needed to manage this data, analyse it,
interpret it, and deliver it in a way that is useful to humans, is available. This interpreted data will be delivered to users in real time and
updated as new taxa are discovered.

This will provide:

a truly robust phylogeny of
Australasia’s biota, from population through to kingdom.

understanding of the Australasian
species and lineages that make this part of world special, irrespective of
kingdom [e.g. from koala to epacridaceous root endophytes]

recognition of the species and
linaeges that are exotic, prediction of their putative biology, and understanding
of their potential risk to Australasia’s economy and inidigenous biota.

ability to place taxa known
only from environmental DNA sampling in the phylogeny, irrespective of the gene
or genes used for that sampling.

important management tool for
dealing with the high-risk and unique parts of Australasia’s biological
diversity through accurate mapping across space and time, based on national
landscape-scale eDNA surveys.